ANIMATION TECHNOLOGY

ANIMATION TECHNIQUES

ANIMATION TECHNIQUES

Four (4) techniques use as a guide to create animation including:

Drawing animation Cut-out animation Model animation or stop motion animation Digital animation or computer animation

DRAWING ANIMATION

This covers any form where one drawing is replaced by another in a sequence. Each drawing is slightly different from the one before. It works the way a flip book does.



It looks great! It takes a very long time to film from start to the end and is expensive and need many animators to complete the work.



Also known as cell animation Use material called celluloid to create the animation

Advantages looks great. smooth movement Beautiful Realistic Diadvantages Take a very long time to produce from start to end expensive need many animators to complete the work.
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CUT-OUT ANIMATION

Also know collage animation or silhouette animation This covers any form of animation where cut-out shapes are moved around or replaced by other cutouts. Flat objects like buttons, matchsticks and string can also be used in this form of animation. Cut-outs can also be laid on top of drawings.
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Advantages No time consuming Diadvantages difficult to have more than one or two cut-outs moving at the same time. Cut-out animation appears to move in a very stiff and awkward way.

MODEL ANIMATION OR STOP MOTION ANIMATION

This involves the filming of puppets or any form of three-dimensional models. The materials used could include plasticine, clay or wire - in fact anything that can be bent or formed into another shape.

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Advantages

Models can be used over and over again and copies made of them to shoot different scenes at the same time so that the filming takes less time.

Disadvatages This type of animation needs a lot of time and hard work. The makers of 'James and the Giant Peach' were only able to complete 45 seconds of stop-motion animation a week - 10 seconds a day. This was because each puppet had so many joints that needed moving for each frame. 14